Aligning jig for shingles



NOV. 12, 1963 w, BAKER 3,110,113

ALIGNING JIG FOR SHINGLES Filed June 8, 1962 l L? i fi 2e; 26 4/ 26 Z4 F I s. 2

/7 A gxw I) I \3/ 4 3/ 34 INVENTOR- 36 WILLIAM G. BAKER w 33 [V5 =1 6 BY 30 9 I F l G. 3 27 26 6 g ATTORNEYS United States Patent 3,110,113 ALIGNING JIG FOR SHIN GLES William G. Baker, 16 Cottage Drive, Kiefer Park, Quonset Point, RJ. Filed June 8, 1962, Ser. No. 201,099 6 Claims. (Cl. 33-188) This invention relates to a jig for aligning shingles of the type which are provided with slotted edges usually formed of some sort of asphalt composition in a strip in which the slots are either two or three in number for indicating three or four shingles.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a device by which a row or course of shingles may be accurately positioned with reference to a previous laid course of shingles.

Another object of this invention is to provide a jig which may be 'of simple construction and easily formed.

Another object of the invention is to provide a jig, the cost of which may be at a With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a roof with four courses of shingles in position with the gauge positioned for laying the fifth course of shingles;

FIG. 2 is a plan view on a somewhat larger scale of the gauge by itself;

FIG. 3 is an end view of the gauge;

FIG. 4 is an end view of the gauge illustrating the same as positioned on a course of shingles with a course to be laid fragmentary as shown with its association with the gauge and is substantially a section on the broken line 44 of FIG. 1; and

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of a detail of the projection.

In proceeding with this invention, I utilize a flat sheet of stock as a body member and fold the same into the shape desired, this shape consisting essentially of the doubling back of one edge so as to provide an underlying hook which may engage the edge of a previously laid course of shingles, while the other edge is doubled back on itself with a portion projecting upwardly from the body so as to provide a stop to engage the edge of shingles to be laid. Suitable projections are located along the opposite edges and in staggered relation to enter the slots in the edge of shingles to assist in the alignment of the shingles.

With reference to the drawings, there is shown in FIG. 1 a course of shingles at 10, a course on top of this course at 11, a further course at 12 and another at 13 while the course which is in the process of being laid is designated 14. Each shingle unit has slots in its lower edge to indicate a division. Three slots are here shown.

Each of the shingle units 20 is a strip of sheet asphalt type material with slots 21, 22 and 23 in its edge while its ends are notched as at 24 and 25 so that when it is laid in tandem relation with a similar strip 20, there will be an additional spacing provided by the notches 24 and 25 which will simulate the slots 21, 22 or 23 in the shingle unit itself.

The aligning jig which is the subject of this invention is shown in edge view in FIG. 3 as comprising a body portion 15 of sheet stock as seen in FIG. 2 and of a length a little longer than the length of one unit of shingles which is to be laid. One edge of this body at '16 is doubled back upon itself in the form of a hook so as to provide spaced portions 17 and 1S spaced apart at 19 substantially the thickness of the shingle upon which the jig is to be used.

Projections 26 are provided in one of the portions 17 or 18 but preferably in the portion 17 at a location just inwardly from the edge 27 of the portion 18, and these projections are spaced apart the distance that the slots 21, 22 and 23 are spaced in the shingle unit, it being the purpose of this edge of the jig to be hooked under a previously laid course of shingles, such as 13, as seen in FIGS. 1 and 4 and so adjusted that the projections 26 will extend into the slots 21, 22 and 23 sufiiciently so as to align the jig in relation to the course of shingles which is last previously laid and in this instance indicated at 13 in FIG. 1. Thus the jig will bear a definite relation in position to the course of shingles previously laid.

Again referring to FIG. 3 the sheet material of the body 15 is at its opposite edge doubled back on itself as at 30 providing a portion 31 overlying the portion 32 of the body along this edge while the stock is again folded outwardly from the body as at 33 providing a stop or flange 34 projecting away from the body 15 on its upper surface. This stop conveniently runs the entire length of the body but may be intermittently provided if desired. This stop 34 serves as a guide for the shingle to be positioned which, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, is designated 14. Thus the edge 35 of this shingle to be laid is abutted against the stop 34 and receives its alignment with reference to the previously laid shingle by reason of engaging throughout the length of the stop along the length of the body of the jig. Projections 36 are positioned between the told 33 or stop 34 and the doubled over end 30 of the body and at locations lengthwise of the body which will be staggered with reference to the projections 26, as will be readily apparent in FIG. 2. Thus one projection 36 is halfway between the two projections 26 on the opposite edge of the jig as seen in FIG. 2. The shingle to be laid will be so positioned as to cause its slots to be positioned so that these slots will receive the projections 36 such as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 4 so as to longitudinally align the shingles that the slots 21, 22 and 23 will be located in the middle of the shingle tabs or halfway between the similarly located slots in the course of shingles previously laid.

The projections 26, 36 may be removable by reason of a threaded collar 37 on one side of the body and a threaded screw 38 with a head 39 on the other side of the body extending through the body and into the threaded collar which is slotted at 40. By this arrangement the projections may be easily removed if desired.

Also, it may be possible to provide additional openings 41 in the opposite edges of the body 15, and in case there is a different spacing of the slots in the shingles, the selected group of openings for the shingles to be used may be used.

\ I claim:

1. An aligning jig for shingles having slotted edges comprising a body of sheet material of substantial length and of a width greater than the unlapped portion of a shingle to be used, said body being doubled back on itself at one edge providing spaced portions, one of which will underlie a marginal portion of the body for hooking under a previously laid course of shingles, projections on one of said spaced portions to enter slots in the edges of the said laid courses, said body being provided at a point spaced from its opposite edge with an upstanding stop located along the length of the body to be engaged by a shingle to be laid, and projections upstanding on said body between the line of said stops and the said opposite edge to enter slots in the shingle to be laid as positioned against said stop and align the shingle with respect to shingles previously laid.

2. An aligning jig as in claim 1 wherein the projections adjacent the opposite edges of said body are staggered lengthwise of the body.

No references cited. 

1. AN ALIGNING JIG FOR SHINGLES HAVING SLOTTED EDGES COMPRISING A BODY OF SHEET MATERIAL OF SUBSTANTIAL LENGTH AND OF A WIDTH GREATER THAN THE UNLAPPED PORTION OF A SHINGLE TO BE USED, SAID BODY BEING DOUBLED BACK ON ITSELF AT ONE EDGE PROVIDING SPACED PORTIONS, ONE OF WHICH WILL UNDERLIE A MARGINAL PORTION OF THE BODY FOR HOOKING UNDER A PREVIOUSLY LAID COURSE OF SHINGLES, PROJECTIONS ON ONE OF SAID SPACED PORTIONS TO ENTER SLOTS IN THE EDGES OF THE SAID LAID COURSES, SAID BODY BEING PROVIDED AT A POINT SPACED FROM ITS OPPOSITE EDGE WITH AN UPSTANDING STOP LOCATED ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE BODY TO BE ENGAGED BY A SHINGLE TO BE LAID, AND PROJECTIONS UPSTANDING ON SAID BODY BETWEEN THE LINE OF SAID STOPS AND THE SAID OPPOSITE EDGE TO ENTER SLOTS IN THE SHINGLE TO BE LAID AS POSITIONED AGAINST SAID STOP AND ALIGN THE SHINGLE WITH RESPECT TO SHINGLES PREVIOUSLY LAID. 